The Prices of Blu Ray Movies!!

[halimali]

On what factors does the price of a blu ray movie depend?

Is it the popularity of the movie? how well it is transferred in blu? the edition? bluray disc capacity?

These can be understandable if taken in mind but what I cannot understand why some blu ray movies prices come down fast while they were released just recently while others stay unchanged or slightly changed while they were released maybe more than a year ago?

Do the studios have any control over the price of their movies? or is it just the retailers??

[Blu Titan]

How well it was transferred in Blu and the capacity of the disc have little bearing on the price. Studios have their own pricing policy for new and catalog releases. Retailers may choose to price the movies below very low and take a loss to enhance traffic/customer loyalty.

[DoctorFruitloop]

Also depends on your locale.

Blus in the US seem to be a lot cheaper than in the UK, usually with a straight dollar to pound conversion. e.g. the new Harry Potter is $16.99 on amazon.com and £16.98 on amazon.co.uk.

Not sure why there is a difference (I'm not an economist) but it's not just limited to blu-rays.

[halimali]

Thats true but I'm talking here about the US. and I mean from a movie to another. Some prices come down very fast while others stay at the same level for a long time.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by halimali

Some prices come down very fast while others stay at the same level for a long time.

Usually it's the studios that are responsible for that.

[Clark Kent]

Sometimes certain titles simply do not sell at full price. To reduce inventory, studios will often lower the price of a BD after it has been on the market a certain period. Warner for instance is generally very aggressive in discounting catalog titles so that they become impulse buys and to eliminate the lost sales in the secondary used market.

[jam6969]

Bladerunner haven't change since it release.

[saginawjuggalo]

Originally Posted by jam6969

Bladerunner haven't change since it release.

I'm sure it being a Five-disc set has something to do with it


For a very stort time Tower.com had it on sale for $11.99 IIRC... Back when they priced things crazy-low to gain new customers. I miss those days

[quirkmanly]

Originally Posted by jam6969

Bladerunner haven't change since it release.

Gonna have to beg to differ on that one - take a browse through it's pricing history. It's also be included in several B2G1s.

[surfdude12]

generally, the 2 biggest factors affecting price are: (1) length of time since release and
(2) volume of sales.

if a movie has just been released, it may be $25, but on average, will be $20 within a few weeks, and $15 within a few months.

a studio may reduce the price, so that they sell X number of movies. so if they're only selling 100,000 at $20/each, they may reduce the price to $15/each, so they can sell 200,000 , as they'll make more revenue ($3million v. $2million)

[ZIPPO]

Originally Posted by jam6969

Bladerunner haven't change since it release.

Originally Posted by saginawjuggalo

I'm sure it being a Five-disc set has something to do with it


For a very stort time Tower.com had it on sale for $11.99 IIRC... Back when they priced things crazy-low to gain new customers. I miss those days

Good movie. I caught that Tower.com sale.
Try to wait for the price drops. I waited 7 months to get The Bourne Trilogy, before finally getting it at DeepDiscount.com for $48. There should be plenty of deals over the next two months.

[risingstar]

Originally Posted by DoctorFruitloop

Also depends on your locale.

Blus in the US seem to be a lot cheaper than in the UK, usually with a straight dollar to pound conversion. e.g. the new Harry Potter is $16.99 on amazon.com and £16.98 on amazon.co.uk.

Not sure why there is a difference (I'm not an economist) but it's not just limited to blu-rays.

I lived in the UK for a year and a half in the mid 90s and I was amazed at the difference in prices on cds. Sometimes the prices were triple. I remember there were times when paying $20 for a USED cd was considered a steal in London.

[halimali]

For example some movies are at a high price for quite some time like:
- Twilight
- Sin City etc

While others flactuate

[OrlandoEastwood]

I prefer getting them cheap. If you check my collection, a lot of them are under $20. If it's a new release I try to get it if I can find it around $20.

[minimafiaaj]

yeah some movies seem to never drop...still waiting on adventureland lol

[krazeyeyez]

I was waiting for final fantasy advent children to drop forever, finally said screw it and bought it at 22.95, other then band of brothers it's the only blu-ray in my current collection i paid more then $20 for.

[tbizzle]

The Waterboy is still $23!

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Originally Posted by tbizzle

The Waterboy is still $23!

That's because you're looking at the wrong places. Which website is selling it for $23?

eBay and Amazon are my prime retailers and never pay above $20 with them.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

eBay and Amazon are my prime retailers and never pay above $20 with them.

It's still $23 on Amazon.

[masoud90]

Waiting on Sin City.